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cephalopode

cephalopode is the archaic form of cephalopod.

Meaning of cephalopod

Noun

cephalopod (plural cephalopods)

  1. Any mollusc of the class Cephalopoda, which includes squid, cuttlefish, octopus, nautiloids etc.
    • In terms of diversity, cephalopods include the egg case making argonauts, shelled nautiluses, venomous blue-ringed octopuses and enigmatic giants like the giant and colossal squid. […] Generally, cephalopod ink includes melanin, enzymes related to melanin production, catecholamines, peptidoglycans...2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023

Forms of cephalopode

pluralcephalopodes

Questions about cephalopode

What is cephalopode the archaic form of?
Cephalopode is the archaic form of cephalopod.

Words near cephalopode in the dictionary

  1. cephalophore
  2. cephalophores
  3. cephaloplastin
  4. cephalopod
  5. cephalopodal
  6. cephalopode
  7. cephalopodes
  8. cephalopodic
  9. cephalopodous
  10. cephalopods
  11. cephalopolysyndactyly

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